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Jeremiah 6:17

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I even provided watchmen for them

to warn them, to set off the alarm.

But the people said, ‘It’s a false alarm.

It doesn’t concern us.’

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

I set watchmen over you, saying,

‘Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!’

But they said, ‘We will not pay attention.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I appointed watchmen over you and said,

‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’

But you said, ‘We will not listen.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I appointed watchmen over you

and said, “Listen for the sound of the trumpet.”

But they protested, “We won’t listen!”

NLTNew Living Translation

I posted watchmen over you who said,

‘Listen for the sound of the alarm.’

But you replied,

‘No! We won’t pay attention!’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I raised up watchmen over you:

‘Listen attentively to the sound of a horn.’

But they said, ‘We will not listen attentively.’

KJV 1900King James Version

Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.